Local Voices

This is a column about a Lancaster neighborhood that no longer exists.

LNP | LancasterOnline’s Dan Nephin did a great job reporting last Sunday on Lancaster County District Attorney Heather Adams’ difficult decision whether to file charges in the tragic death of a 3-year-old at a Martic Township campground in October.

One of the best-known quotes from a victim of Nazism is that of Lutheran minister Martin Niemöller, who lamented having failed to protest the persecution of political leftists and Jews before being targeted himself — at which point there was no one left to protest on his behalf.

The Christmas season ended last weekend with the celebration of the Epiphany, a feast commemorating the three Magi in their search for the infant Jesus and their presentation of gifts.

“It is easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism.” This quote, originally stated by political theorist Fredric Jameson and reintroduced in the 21st century by the late writer Mark Fisher, encompasses our modern understanding of our economic and political condition.

Controversial ways of thinking run rampant through our media. One of the many topics that fall under this category is the justification for animal testing — as if it could ever be justified.

In a tragic September 2020 incident, Ricardo Muñoz, a 27-year-old diagnosed with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, charged toward a Lancaster city police officer while brandishing a knife. The officer, fearing for his life, fired his weapon, and the young man died.

It is difficult to be an American hero these days. So many clay feet have been exposed. The ongoing reevaluation of men who did remarkable things while also doing despicable things disturbs some people to no end. But emerging evidence replaces old biographies.

It feels surreal to wrap up an entire life chapter that has meant so much to me. From 2022 to 2023, I served the National FFA Organization as secretary. This role stretched and strengthened me in ways I could have never imagined.

In Harrisburg, the bipartisan Basic Education Funding Commission is on the verge of a critical decision for Pennsylvania’s schoolchildren as it works to meet a Jan. 11 deadline — Thursday — to deliver the state’s plan to address the chronic and unconstitutional underfunding of some Pennsylva…

Time is running out to make informed decisions on the size, impact and financial investment of the Lancaster County Correctional Facility, the county’s planned new jail.

Winston Churchill is often quoted as having said, “You can always count on Americans to do the right thing — after they’ve tried everything else.”